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Poll: Where do you go for the best tacos on the Treasure Coast?
You can find authentic tacos in food trucks, strip plazas and hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurants and grocery stores throughout the Treasure Coast. Craft tacos have become popular too, and several eateries in Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties serve innovative creations that take tacos to a new level. What do...
New restaurant: Late-night waterfront dessert lounge has craft cocktails and live music
What's the name of the new restaurant in Vero Beach?. 44 Royal Palm Pointe, Vero Beach; previously Casp Baby Mommy & Me Boutique. Vero Beach native Brandy Buckner has worked in sales and marketing for a citrus company for 22 years. She and her husband own The Crab Stop Seafood Bar & Grill locations in Vero Beach and Sebastian. They opened their first location in 2014 in downtown Vero Beach, which they later moved to Royal Palm Pointe in 2019, and then opened a second location in 2018 on the Indian River Lagoon in Sebastian.
Reckless Driver Arrested After Hit-and-Run Incident in Sebastian
On Monday evening, a 26-year-old Arizona man was arrested following reports of reckless driving through residential areas in Sebastian, Florida. At approximately 6:37 p.m., the Sebastian Police Department received a call reporting a gold Ford F-150 pickup truck driving recklessly along the 600 block of Caravan Terrace. Witnesses described the vehicle as leaving skid marks in the roadway.
Exchange Club Honors Sebastian River High School Seniors with Awards and Scholarships
The Exchange Club of Sebastian recently celebrated its 2024 Youth of the Year and Accepting the Challenge of Excellence (A.C.E.) award winners for Sebastian River High School. The Youth of the Year Scholarship recognizes students who have demonstrated exceptional academic performance, community engagement, and leadership qualities. Selected from the pool of Sebastian River High School seniors previously recognized in the Youth of the Month program during the academic year, recipients had to submit an essay highlighting their most significant achievement or accolade. This year, Ace McLain and Mia Harrel were honored as the recipients of this prestigious award.
Double SpaceX Launches This Weekend With Viewing Locations in Sebastian
This weekend, two SpaceX launches are planned, and the weather is expected to be clear for viewing both events in Sebastian, Florida. The first launch, though not publicly announced, is indicated by a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency navigational warning for Saturday, April 27, 2024. The mission involves launching Galileo satellites for...
Vero Beach Three Corners group's top nod: $564 million proposal to renovate power plant
As I noted in my column last month, there was one clear, best proposal among four from developers for the three corners Vero Beach owns at Indian River Boulevard and 17th Street. The city’s Three Corners Site Evaluation Committee concurred after initial review of those proposals Friday. Clearpath Services’...
Crime Blotter: April 25
Ricardo Alfonso Barrera, 57, of the 600 block of Stevenson Avenue, Sebastian; Status: Held on $45,500 bond; Charge(s): four counts of criminal use of personal ID information, organized fraud/obtain property under $20K, four counts of grand theft less than $5K, four counts of cash deposit bank item with intent to defraud.
ICU patient, visitor overdose after man brings cocaine, pills into hospital
SEBASTIAN — Authorities are working to bring additional charges against a man they said brought drugs into a hospital last weekend, causing him and the woman he was visiting to overdose. Deputies said Forrest Cameron Smith brought 26 grams of powder cocaine and 47 alprazolam pills to Sebastian River Medical Center.
Luck of the light: Cars not only reason why driving in Vero Beach, Sebastian takes longer
Surprise, surprise? If you think if takes longer to travel Indian River County roads than it did in 1999, you are correct. At least based on comparable test runs at...
Low rainfall on Florida's east coast leaves Treasure Coast dry. Where's the driest county?
April showers bring May flowers, but where have those showers been anyway?. The entire state has been dry, but St. Lucie County is leading Florida as the driest county, according to the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Keetch-Byram Drought Index. Indian River County is holding up the No. 2 spot.
Gunfire exchange damages homes, vehicles off Oslo Road; search for shooters ongoing
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY – Homes and vehicles damaged in an exchange of gunfire by at least two men in an Oslo Road area neighborhood began what authorities said is an ongoing search for the suspected shooters. Calls of gunshots with accounts of people fleeing throughout 11th Street Southwest and...
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